Yahoo reportedly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts at the behest of U.S. intelligence or law enforcement. The scans, reported by Reuters, allegedly selected incoming messages that contained a string of unknown characters. Yahoo
In a bid to take a bite out of Apple and send Amazon up the proverbial creek, Google today introduced new hardware that will directly compete with its rivals’ signature products. With the introduction of
An Oregon teenager has invented a bandage that can tell doctors when it needs to be changed, impressing Google judges and securing a $15,000 scholarship. Anushka Naiknaware, 13, placed in the top eight in an
A network of tubes whisking passengers across a country at close to the speed of sound may seem like a sci-fi pipe dream, but in the already futuristic city of Dubai it would fit right
The company responsible for spreading top-of-the-line message encryption across the internet has had a first legal skirmish with the U.S. government. Open Whisper Systems — whose Signal app pioneered the end-to-end encryption technique now used
The Latest on Google’s product event (all times local): 7:35 a.m. Google will ramp up its consumer electronics strategy Tuesday as it’s expected to announce new gadgets at an event in San Francisco. The products
Coral reefs in Hawaii’s oceanic twilight zone, where light still penetrates and photosynthesis occurs, are abundant and host a wide variety of life, a new study shows. A paper published Tuesday in the journal PeerJ
Yahoo has overhauled its main app for smartphones and tablets by emphasizing “social” features aimed at people who like to share and chat about news topics online. The revamped Yahoo app, now called Yahoo Newsroom,
Three British-born scientists who have conducted extensive research in the United States have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics. They are David Thouless, 82, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington; Duncan Haldane,
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promised “significant” disclosures on subjects including the U.S. election and Google in the coming weeks as the secret-spilling group marked its 10th anniversary on Tuesday. Assange said WikiLeaks plans to start